Thursday, December 9, 2010

Shame. On. Me

It's been entirely too long since I sat down long enough to focus on a blog post. I still take time to read other people's posts, but that hasn't translated into a new post for me. I'm sure my absence hasn't ruined anyone's day yet, but, since I view this blog as a scrapbook of sorts, I'd like to avoid gaping holes.

So, here's what's been going on.

Baby is crawling like a mad woman. I turn my head for a second and she's halfway across the room. She loves outlets and our computer modem (it sits on the ground), which is a problem. She also loves to pull herself up. Imagine my surprise the first time I looked at her on the video monitor and found her standing up staring right back at me. And then watching her reach out and knock the video camera over!

On the (in)fertility front, hubby and I had a sit-down with our RE this week to chat about what the process will be if we want to try for another baby. We do have ONE embryo frozen so we'd do a FET. And, since I have regular periods, we'd do it as a "natural cycle" which would entail just one shot. Sounds good to me! And the RE assures me that they only freeze very high quality embryos that have a good chance of implanting. Obviously no guarantees, but still good to know.

The RE wants me to do it as soon as possible - once I'm done breastfeeding - because he is fearful that, if it doesn't work, I'll be that much older in attempting full-blown IVF (which I'm not convinced we want to do again regardless). He says that Emma is a "miracle baby" given my ovarian situation. I think we know full well she's a miracle!

I'm thinking maybe next summer at the earliest. We'll see. And even though we'll have moved out of the area by then, it will only entail one trip back up here for the embryo transfer. Everything else will be done remotely (bloodwork, monitoring, etc).

We did change our insurance to another provider offered by hubby's work because we almost exhausted the $15,000 lifetime cap with Aetna. Now we'll let Anthem have some fun. Thankfully they have a separate $15,000 cap. Hopefully they won't require me to do a bunch of the same crud again before they let me move onto the actual procedure.

So, that's probably enough for now. I'll end with one little photo. This is what we used for our Christmas card. I just love it!

4 comments:

I've been thinking about you and wondering how you were doing. See. . . you were missed in the blog world! :) Your daughter is beautiful! I love her outfit. Wow! What a beauty. :)

I wish you a lot of peace in your decision on how to move forward with kids. It's such a bummer that we can't just decide to grow our family when we want, and bam, we're pregnant. We have to work a little harder for our children, but of course it's worth it. :)

Want to know about me?

I'm a tad over 30 and started trying to conceive in January 2008. First IVF cycle in June 2009 and BFP in July 2009. Sending up lots and lots of prayers for baby Emma Grace who made her big debut on March 20, 2010. Eighteen months later we welcomed Sarah Kate, a total, but wonderful, surprise.

Married to my high school sweetheart since 2001 and living in the beautiful mountains of Virginia.

Hope to connect with others who have walked in my shoes or may even be sharing my size 8's right now! Please spend some time here and pass along any words of wisdom or support.